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Show i , . ' I'' ; ' v .' ' . ' ' ; i V , ' '- . - -s - A i ' : i " i ; ' - ( ;. i 1 f - .' , :i x" vv. ;. d&W cclX An Indian artifact of considerable sig- mington, Illinois. The artifact was nificance was given this week to the found in what is now Canyonlands Na- Moab Museum. Making the presenta- tional Park, tion was Mrs. Harold Medbery of Ar- Moab Museum Gains Artifact Of Area from Illinois Visitor The museum last we?k received as a donation an excellently preserved Indian digging tool. The artifact was presented present-ed to Mrs. Virginia Fossoy at the Moab Museum ' by " Mrs. Harold L. Medbery of Armington, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Medbery have spent much time in the Canyonlands area and have developed a love for its scenery and history, especially es-pecially regarding the Ancient An-cient Ones. They were given some time ago a digging stick by a friend who had found it somewhere in the Salt Creek area. Mrs Medbery said it was found "in the trampled floor of a cave or cliff dwelling dwel-ling quite high up with much slickrock at the entrance." "The dwelling had been explored countless times," she said "until the person that presented it to me had discovered it by chance." The digging tool is made of carved horn, either from a big horn sheep or a deer. It is attached to a shaft and the original twine has it still bound tightly. Rodents have apparently gnawed somewhat on the edge of the digging took "I am giving this to the museum because I believe these things should not be be kept as personal possessions. pos-sessions. The public should have the pleasure of seeing such things and learning about an interesting historical histori-cal past." The digging tool was given to the museum with the understanding un-derstanding it is to be kept for display. Mrs. Medbery expressed the desire that the local public pub-lic would give up their many beautiful Indian finds to the Moab Museum instead of hoarding them or selling them to outside buyers. "I notice too much of a neglect of some choice Indian In-dian writings," she said in addition, "which in time will be abused. And these .things are in the path of No Return!" The Medberys are retired landowners from Armington Illinois. They've been coming com-ing here for about five years with a particular interest in photography. Mrs. Medbery who is a world traveler spending on one of her trips six weeks on African Safari said to Times - Independent, "You have one ot the best places for tourists in the nation." They have been here this time since November "to see what it's like in the winter." |